York MILLENNIUM YCAS Installation Operation & Maintenance page 16

Product Description
Condenser
The fin-and-tube condenser coils are manufactured from
seamless, internally enhanced, high condensing coeffi-
cient, corrosion-resistant copper tubes arranged in stag-
gered rows and mechanically expanded into corrosion-
resistant aluminum alloy fins with full-height fin collars.
They have a design working pressure of 31 bar (450
PSIG).
Multiple fans move air through the coils. They are dy-
namically and statically balanced, direct-drive with cor-
rosion-resistant, glass-fiber-reinforced composite blades
molded into low noise, full airfoil cross section, provid-
ing vertical air discharge from extended orifices for ef-
ficiency and low sound. Each fan is located in a sepa-
rate compartment to prevent cross flow during fan cy-
cling. Guards of heavy gauge, PVC-coated galvanized
steel are provided.
The fan motors are high-efficiency, direct-drive, 6-pole,
3-phase, Class-"F", current-overload-protected, totally
enclosed (TEAO) type with double-sealed, permanently
lubricated ball bearings.
Economizer
(Models 0373, 0403, 0453, 0503, 0543, 0573, 0623, and
0653)
A plate-and-frame heat exchanger (economizer) is fit-
ted to both refrigerant circuits on models 0403, 0503,
0543, 0623 and 0653. This increases the efficiency of
the system by subcooling the primary refrigerant liquid
to the evaporator.
The wet vapor to the economizer is supplied by a small
15 ton TXV set for 5.5ºC (10ºF) superheat that flashes
off 10- 20% of the liquid from the condenser. 10-12
tons are utilized for subcooling liquid refrigerant. The
wet vapor is at an intermediate pressure between dis-
charge and suction (1.7 x suction) and therefore little
energy is required to pump it back through the com-
pressor to condenser pressure. This results in a very
small loss to system efficiency.
The economizer provides approximately 14°C (25ºF) of
additional subcooling to the liquid refrigerant which flows
to the evaporator at 35ºC (95ºF) ambient, 13°C (55ºF)
RWT, 7ºC (44ºF) LWT. Subcooling will drop to approxi-
mately X°C (0ºF) below 32°C (90ºF) ambient. The
subcooled liquid is then fed to the primary TXV in the
system. This additional subcooling results in a signifi-
cant increase in the efficiency of the system. The de-
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sign working pressure of the economizer is 31 bar (450
PSIG). The economizer liquid supply solenoid is acti-
vated on start-up coincident with the liquid line solenoid,
after pumpdown.
The economizer operation is controlled by the econo-
mizer solenoid valve. This valve is controlled by the mi-
croprocessor. The valve will remain off for the first 3
minutes of compressor operation. After 3 minutes of
operation, the economizer solenoid valve will open if
the slide valve position is > Step 47, and the pressure
ratio (PR) of discharge pressure to suction pressure is
greater than 2.2 using the following formula:
Metric: PR =
English:PR =
The economizer valve will be turned off if the pressure
ratio drops below 2.0. It will also turn off if slide valve
position drops below Step 44. Under these conditions,
the valve is closed due to the lack of efficiency im-
provement available from the economizer.
Oil Separator / System
The external oil separator, with no moving parts and
designed for minimum oil carry-over, is mounted in the
discharge line of the compressor. The high pressure dis-
charge gas is forced around a 90 degree bend. Oil is
forced to the outside of the separator through centrifu-
gal action and captured on wire mesh where it drains to
the bottom of the oil separator and into the compressor.
The oil (YORK "L" oil - a POE oil used for all refriger-
ant applications), which drains back into the compres-
sor through a replaceable 0.5 - 3.0 micron oil filter, and
oil supply solenoid, is at high pressure. This high pres-
sure "oil injection" forces the oil into the compressor
where it is gravity fed to the gears and bearings for
lubrication. After lubricating the gears and bearings, it
is injected through orifices on a closed thread near the
suction end of the rotors. The oil is automatically in-
jected because of the pressure difference between the
discharge pressure and the reduced pressure at the suc-
tion end of the rotors. This lubricates the rotors as well
as provides an oil seal against leakage around the rotors
to assure refrigerant compression (volumetric effi-
ciency). The oil also provides cooling by transferring
much of the heat of compression from the gas to the oil
keeping discharge temperatures down and reducing the
chance for oil breakdown. Oil injected into the rotor
DP (BAR) + 1
SP (BAR) + 1
DP (PSIG) + 14.7
SP (PSIG) + 14.7
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